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Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Lee Byung-hun
- Han Cho Bai
- (as Byung Hun Lee)
Jong Kun Lee
- Han's Father
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter the success of RED (2010), Ernest Borgnine hoped he'd be around to reprise his role as Henry the records keeper in a sequel. When interviewed in April 2012, he mentioned there was talk about it over the years and made one request to the producers; "I told them if they do it, I want to carry a gun this time." He kept in touch with screenwriters Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber and would have had a major role in an early scene. When Borgnine passed away in July 2012, three months prior to the start of production, his scenes were re-written and featured an uncredited Titus Welliver.
- GoofsWhen Sarah is begging the Frog to talk (where she kisses him), his glasses are alternatively on his face or folded in her hands between different shots.
- ConnectionsFeatured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)
- SoundtracksCan't Smile Without You
Written by Christopher Arnold (as Chris Arnold), David Martin and Geoff Morrow
Performed by Samy Goz
Courtesy of Show up music & Ascot Music
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RED = 'Retired: Extremely Dangerous' (sounds like me). In 2010, "RED" earned twice what it took to make, so I guess a sequel was inevitable and three years later fans of the first - which included this particular one-time agent - will enjoy the second.
Like all sequels, it's a mixture of the old (and most of them are old) gang and some newcomers, so Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox and Mary-Louise Parker reprise their roles (Mirren is great and has a wonderful line about being the Queen of England), while arrivals included Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and South Korean Byung-hun Lee.
This constellation of stars is combined with heavy weaponry and light humour in a plot that is puerile (something about red mercury - don't ask) and peripatetic (bouncing between London, Paris and Moscow - although the studio work was shot in Canada). It's not James Bond or Jason Bourne but it gives older actors and viewers plenty of fun.
Like all sequels, it's a mixture of the old (and most of them are old) gang and some newcomers, so Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox and Mary-Louise Parker reprise their roles (Mirren is great and has a wonderful line about being the Queen of England), while arrivals included Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and South Korean Byung-hun Lee.
This constellation of stars is combined with heavy weaponry and light humour in a plot that is puerile (something about red mercury - don't ask) and peripatetic (bouncing between London, Paris and Moscow - although the studio work was shot in Canada). It's not James Bond or Jason Bourne but it gives older actors and viewers plenty of fun.
- rogerdarlington
- Aug 2, 2013
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
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- Also known as
- Red 2
- Filming locations
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Québec, Canada(cadillac scene)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $84,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $53,262,560
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,048,422
- Jul 21, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $148,075,565
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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